[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Time to meet Chris Foster, the current pitching coach for the Texas Border Patrol. I'll try to keep this post as short as I can, but if it's a little long, and all, please bear with me. Thank you. With no further ado, then, here is the personnel profile as it currently stands for him, folks. Hope this helps you all get to know him at least a little bit, of course, if not a lot.

Chris Foster was born on March 9, 1915 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Douglas and the former Paula Knigbergh as their only son of three children, and the youngest of their children overall. He grew up the son of a schoolteacher and a housewife in and around Kalamazoo. He wasn't exactly the best student academically, unlike his older sisters, but when it came to athletic endeavors, he was generally much better at them and/or more interested in them than they were.

Growing up, he was a very good baseball player, and he got quite a bit better as he aged, all through school, even while in college at the University of Alabama's Birmingham campus. After finishing college at UAB, he eventually joined a world-traveling team of baseball players, and was in Southeast Asia, of all places, when World War II ultimately broke out in 1939. Specifically in the area of what is now called Laos. They and many others managed to eventually escape to neighboring countries, including Thailand. However, before he did, he found himself first meeting, then marrying, his future wife, the former Alika Siyavong, against the wishes of her parents and much of her peasant family.

Escaping what would be Laos in 1943, by way of Thailand and other nations, he and Alika made it somehow to the States by January 1944, arriving in San Diego when they got there easily enough. Those who he'd been with when they'd been in Southeast Asia with him had all fortunately survived long enough to make it safely back to the United States. But many were now too old to play ball any more, whether they'd played with or against him on their global barnstorming baseball tour.

The two of them quickly settled in New Mexico, and were there when World War II finally came to an end. It wasn't much later before Ben Winkler finally met them, and eventually convinced Chris to be the Border Patrol's first-ever major league-level pitching coach. They now live just north of El Paso near Las Cruces in New Mexico, but still very close to the Texas border with New Mexico. They don't know it yet, but they most likely will be having twins within seven or eight months of the current time.

They are still new to the El Paso area, but still hope to begin raising a family there over at least the next few years, if possible. If not longer, that is. It isn't Kalamazoo, but Chris still is glad to be at least a little near a few of his relatives who now live in Texas and the American Southwest. Maybe later, he will retire to Michigan with his family, but for now, where he is with Alika is where he really wants to be, as much as possible.

Picture(s) and certain other information will be shared later as possible and all, I"m sure. The next personnel profile most likely to be shared will be the one for the Border Patrol's current hitting coach, David Hair. Please watch for it to be posted as soon as possible. Thank you for your time and all, folks. CD out.